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The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-10-11
Blind Persons Notice distractions

Il stood in an aisle" said Mr. Harri-
son of the Institution for the Blind,
''when blind boy was walking toward
me, and just as he came opposite | put
up my hand before his face 1t brought
him up short, and he flung his head back
to avoid the obstruction. / did not
touch him with my hand, nor did l speak,
nor give any other indication of my pres
ence How was he enabled to know the
obstruction was there."
''Has that experiment been tried in
more than one case?"
1T has been tried often and in many
cases, and always with success. "-Nel0
York Sun.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-10-11
Farm and Garden Notes.

Lime is an admirable wood preserver.
Never breed a SOW before she is a year
Old, as it retards her growth.
\ SOW will raise better pigs when from
TWO to four years old than at any other
age
1t IS said that milk taken from COWS
affected with tuberculosis will convey
consumption if applied to human beings.
y contemporary remarks: "As rule
farmers wait too long before cutting hay,
and to strike it just right requires judg-
ment and experience"
Cultivation is so easy every farmer, if
nc does no more, should keep his kitchen
garden free from weeds. He should never
permit any to ripen their seed.
The Germantown Telegraph says: " On
account of the contained ammonia, a
good way to dispose of old boots is to
bury them at the foot of an apple-tree."
Do not allow mich cows to become
worried. If they are their milk will
soon become sour and unwholesome.
Infants using it will suffer from collie,
dlarrh9a, ETC.
In using tarred paper for roofs con-
sideration must be given to the fact that
unless paper be scurely fastened so that
the wind will not get under it the roof
VIII be easily destroyed during the prev
aience of high wind. Paper roofs are
excellent if only they be properly put on.
Sir J. B. Lawes says: ave have GER
tam evidence that gypsum, which is
present in large quantities in soluble
Phosphates, has a very beneficial effect
upon clover, though the super phosphate
mad not been applied directly to the
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-10-11
PITH AND POINT.
A tight fit-Delirium tremens.

A tight fit-Delirium tremens.
You can't give busy hotel clerk any
points on the nights of labor.-HotelI Mail.
A dancing master, having invented a
neat style of waltz, announces a new
movement on foot.
A poet writes: 81 owe no man a dol
lar" We never did know a poet who
could get any credit. Boston Post
The chestnut crop is so abundant that
nobody need feel under obligations to
add anything to it.-Nedo York Sun.
Little pens of metal,
Little drops of ink,
Make the tyrant tremble
And the people think.
-SD7inQtield Union.
Reading, Pennsylvania, probably has
as many breweries to the square foot as
any town in the country. So that Bacon
was right when he said that Reading
makes full man. "-Drdke's Magazine.
The king of Spain is seventeen months
old and only gets 1000, 600 year. But
if he sticks to business and gets around
to the throne early in the morning, and
only takes twenty minutes for lunch, and
doesn't knock off before dark, there is
no reason why he shouldn't have his sal
airy raised.-LJe.
"You must understand, Mr.. Dumley,
in seeking the hand of my daughter,
said the old man, ''that she will bring
you no dowry until after my death" Il
understand, SIR" said Dumley, hope
fully, 'but you must bear in mind, my
dear sir, that you are getting we'll on in
years. "-Harper's Bdzar.
Her face was very sweet to see,
Her countenance was full of glee,
"Ah, you are passing fair!" said he,
Her hand was very soft and wee,
Up handed her car fare, did he.
"Ah you are passing fare!" said she.
And as the lovers rode away
Right past the fair grounds blithe and gay,
"Ah, we are passing fair!" said they.
-GO0daWS Sun.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-10-11
The Aroma of Butter.

Professor Arnold says in his Stock
Journal: The aroma of butter has a very
complex origin. 1t springs from certain
volatile oils which exist in the plants on
which the animals feed. Voelcker re-
ported butter to contain two per cent. of
these oils. The per cent. varies largely
in the product of Individual cows.-ED. |
To these are given the names butyrin,
caproen and capryolic acids which are
the occasion of rancidity of butter. The
easy formation of these acids is one of
the greatest obstacles to the manufacture
of good butter. But the volatile oils in
butter are not confined to three or four
varieties. Every species Of herb upon
which the COWS feed, and, indeed, upon
the farm, has more or less volatile oil pc
culiar to itself on which its peculiar
odor and flower depend. 1t is easy to
see how the flavor and odor of butter
are affected by the food the cow con-
sumes. A cow eating peppermint, for
instance, carries the oil of peppermint
into her blood, and thence into her milk,
where, rising with the cream it is carried
into the butter, giving it the flavor of
aroma of the mint. Cows do not live
upon single variety of heritage. Twenty
different kinds are more likely to be
found In single pasture than only one.
The mingled oils of all these constitute
the aroma of the butter made from their
milk, each one having it's modifying in
fuence, though some may be distinctly
recognized, when, like onions, garlic or
cabbage, their influence is greater than
that of all the rest.
The kinds of food which furnish the
most agreeable aroma are the most de-
sirable for dairy pasture, though they
may not yield the most. More people
are pleased with the aroma from
Kentucky blue grass than with any
other; hence blue grass is regarded as
the best food for the dairy. By little
attention every dairyman can determine
for himself what food is most available
for his herd; and that little attention
will impress upon him the fact that if he
would make clean favored butter his
cows must not live on garbage. litter or
strong scented weeds There is another
popularity about the essential oils in
heritage, from which the dairyman may
sometimes derive advantage. 1t is the
different degrees of lightness they possess,
the rapidity with which their essential
oils are evaporated by heat. For in
stance, the pungent oil of the horse
radish is so volatile as to escape in
short time by exposing the crushed
radish to the air; the poisonous oil of the
wild parsnip and of ivy escape while the
foliage is whitening; an offensive oil is
green clover, which affects butter I'M
favorably, escapes while it is drying, so
that the dry plant makes better pro-
duct than the green. The aroma of
turnips, cabbage, onions, etc., are
heavier and not entirely carried away by
drying. But by heating the freshly
drawn milk, even these oils can, in many
instances, be entirely driven out.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-10-11
No More For Him.

1t was early in the evening, and by
way of keeping up conversation she in
CURED
care you fond of ice cream, Mr..
Sampson!'
''Oh, yes" replied Mr.. Sampson, as he
settled himself more firmly in his seat !;
''in fact, stopped on my way here this
evening and ate two dishes. "-Nedo York
SIN.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-10-11
SICK HEADACHE

Dyspepsia Foul stomach Bliousness will be avoided.
and the food that is eaten its nourishng
properties for the support OF the natural waste OF
the body.
~ Observe the following symptoms r sultng from
disease OF the Digestive Organs: Constipation Inward
Piles Fullness OF the Blood In the Head Acidity OF
the Stomach, Nausea Heartburn, Disgust OF Food.
Fuilness Weight in the stomach Sour Fluctuations,
Sinking Fluttering OF the Heart. Choking SuIo-
eating Sensations when in lying posture Dimness OF
Vision Webs before the Sight. Fever and Dull
Pain in the Head Deficiency OF Precipitation. Yellow
of the Skin and Eyes Pain In the Side Limits
and Sudden Flushes OF Heat, Burning In the + esh-
few doses OF RAILWAYS PILLS vii free
III" svstem OF ali the above named disorders.
Price % cents per box. Sold by all druggists
B-Send letter stamp to DIR. RADWAY ~
CO., No. 33 Warren street, New York, for
Our Book OF Advice.
'.-BE SURE TO GET RAILWAYS.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-10-11
Too Lonesome.

A prisoner once escaped from Jail,
To catch him did detectives fail:
He found a store-thiS fellow wise
a store that did not advertise,
And there he sat, quite free from care,
He knew no one would seek him there.
Alter, perhaps, a year or more,
Again he sought the prison door;
Gave himself up-''That store" he said
''Was lone as graves that hold the dead. >
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-10-11
A CREOLE sERENADE.

The lily bares her snowy breast
Beneath the summer moon:
The moth pursues his honeyed quest
Where sucked the bee at noon;
And from the fountains liquid light
The fairy music flies
To plead for me the love. tonight,
Thy hayward heart denies.
Sail, Love, sail
Across the slumber sea,
And freight thy bark,
Amid the dark,
With tender dreams of me!
The lissome rose with balmy feet
Around thy lattice climbs;
The breeze steals in with winglets feet
To breathe his silver rhymes;
While /, with weary waiting worn,
Gaze up with wistful eyes,
And guard thy slumbers till the morn
Comes laughing up the skies.
Sail, Love, sail
Across the slumber sea,
And freight thy bark,
Amid the dark,
With tender dreams of me,
Samuel II. Peck, in Times Democrat
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-10-11
"Untold Agony from Catarrh.,

of Ithaca, N Y, writes: "Some ten years ago
1 suffered untold agony from chronic nasal
catarrh. Ny family physician gave me up
incurable, and said / must die. My was
such bad one, that every day, towards sun
set, my voice would become SO hoarse could
barely speak above q whisper. In the morning
my coughing and clearing of my throat would
almost strangle me. By the use of DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy, in three months, was well
man, and the cure has been permanent"
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-10-11
"Constantly Hawking and spi.ting.,,

THOMAS J. RUSHING, Esq, 49o2 Pine Street,
st. Louis. Mo. writes: II was great sufferer
from catarrh for three years. At times could
and splitting. and for the last eight months
could not breathe through the nOstrils. l
lily, was advised to try DIR. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy, and am now well man. believe
manufactured, and one has only to give it
fair trial to experience astounding results and
8 permanent cure"
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-10-11
Three Bottles Cure Catarrh.

ELI ROBBINS, Runydr, p. o., Columbia Co.,
Pa, says: My daughter had catarrh when
Sage's Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro-
cured a bottle for her, and soon saw that it
helped her; q third bottle effected perma-
nent cure. She is now eighteen years old and
sound and hearty"
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-10-11

SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH.-Dull
heavy headache, obstruction OF the nasal
passages discharges falling from the head
into the throat, sometimes profuse, watery.
and acrid at others, thick, tenacious mucous,
purulent, bloody and putrid; the eyes are
weak, watery, and infiamed; there is ringing
in the ears, deafness, hacking or coughing TO
matter, together with scabs from ulcers; the
voice is changed and has q nasal twang; the
breath is offensive; smell and taste are i'm
paired; there is q sensation of dizziness, with
mental depression, q hacking cough and gen.
eral debility. Only few of the above-named
symptoms are likely to be present in any one
case. Thousands of cases annually, without
manifesting half of the above symptoms re-
suit in consumption, and end in the grave
No disease is SO common, more deceptive and
dangerous, or less understood by physicians.
DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures the worst
cases of Catarrh, IS cold I'm the head,''
COryZa, and Catarrh al Head ache.
Sold by druggists everywhere; 80 cents.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-04

The Missouri Republican does not
believe that Mr.. Cleveland is the only
democrat who can be elected in 1888. or
that Mr.. Cleveland is the only demo-
crat who can inaugurate and carry out
clean, economical government in ac-
cordance with the peoples desires, but
1T does believe that it will be easier to
elect Mr.. Cleveland in 1888 than any
other man in the United States. 1t saws
that Cleveland has been tried end
found not wanting; that his admins
tration has been free from scandals.
free from nepotism, and from the infiu-
ences alternately of the ranting iema-
gogue and the selfish capitalist. Mr.
Cleveland, in fact, has made a peoples
president; that he has kept his promis-
es, and he has faithfully guided his pol
icy according to the principles put forth
by the convention that nominated him.
The chef opposition to Mr.. Cleveland
within his own party springs from his
steadfastness in maintaining, at the
same time, the honor of the Democrat
ic party. and rigidly executing the law.
The democratic national conventions
OF 1875, 1880 and 1884 pledged the party
to civil-service reform. Mr.. Cleveland
found the civil-service act on the stat
ute books. His oath TO execute the
laws fairly and impartially, and his &C
ceptance of the presidential nomina-
tion from a convention that pledged
his party to civil-service reform, left
him no alternative as an honest man
but to do as he did do.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-04

Many people in the east have queer
IDEAS abont Kansas. They have been
told so often about the Kansas news
paper liars, that they do not believe
anything published in Kansas paper.
The Clark County Clipper last week
published sample letter from a party
In Indiana. who had been reading three
of the Ashland papers. To an ac-
quaintance i'm that city the writer says:
Amt all three Of them newspapers
published by one man under different
names to make the town appear big;
is Ashland as big as c.; what kind
of people have you got ont there; don't
you feel afraid of them? l suppose
you have lots of IHdiansl Why don't
your papers give description of them;
how many miles is it to the nearest set
Element from Ashland? l don't sup
pose it would he any use for a man
coming out there to bring any farm
tools; | guess You can't use this kind
out there. How do you get the ground
broke UP, and what DO you do with the
top? My father came to Indiana when
it was all wilderness and have a no.
ton TO 90 the same thing. Is there
plenty Of wild game, so a family could
live year or SO until we get a start?
1t amt no use to send us any more of
those papers, cause we have heard how
Kansas papers all lie, and we wouldn't
believe one word of any of them.
Now, l hope you will tell us just the
straight of it,"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-04

Junction City Union: The main
fight we apprehend under the MURRAY
law will be by the prohibitionists to
force tine druggists 20 take ont permits
and sell the damnable stuff. Mrs. Ras-
tall. president of the Noman's Chris
tain Temperance Union, attended the
Methodist conferences, urging them to
adopt resolutions discCuraging people
from signing petitions fer permits to
druggists. Now she issues a circular
in which she says that they had better
sign in order 10 keep the worse ele-
ment from getting permits. The pro-
hibitory amendment is not mandatory
it does not say that people must sell
for the excepted purposes. The except
ed purposes are fraud. No one ever
wanted liquor for any other purposes
than as beverage, and we hope none
will be sold. We want this thing to
work; we want the sale shut off: and
we are panied TO see, now that the rum
tend is at last cornered, the w. c. Il.
u, the AtchisOn Champion, and other
grand agencies, commence a sdueal for
the suspension of hOstIlities. we hone
the druggists viii stand their ground.
and neither sell drop nor allow any
one else to sell. The stuff is OF no earth
ly use except for yileness, and it ought
not to be Sold"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-04


Kingman Democrat: Every cOmmu-
nifty is cursed more or less with weather
prophets. lie is usually found loafinC
under awnings, and on goods boxes,
with n jack-kuife, which he industri-
ously uses. With one eye cooked sky
ward, he is eternally contrasting the
present weather with that OF some 9th
er year Of long ago. The wind blows
as it did that year; the moon changes
the same time of day, and thousand
other gospel facts that never fail. To
the tenderfOot he is an oracle Of wis
dom; but to the pushing, 90 -ahead Kan
san he is an intolerable bore. During
the present spring he has been more in
dnstrious than usual. No rains were
to fall in western Kansas. Her green
pastures were To be dried and withered.
Her clear ripping streams were to cease
to How, and the emigrant was TO return
TO his eastern hcme, broken i'm purse
and spirit. Where is cur prophet to-
dayp Glorious rains have fallen and
dispelled all fear. Crops are being
planted. plows running, land advanc-
ing, corner lots booming, and every
one. except the disappointed weather
crank, wears n happy smile"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-04

The anarchists say that great things
will happen in 1889. A Chicago leader
OF the Red Internationals i'm a recent
article says that there would be an up-
rising in 1889. lie says: In 1889 the
recent labor panic will approach eli
max. IL will be widespread and
alarming, accompanied by closed fac
tories, starving workers, riOting, and
the use of military force. Until then.
unless the whole people are aroused. it
Is the duty Of the wise socialist 10 hold
aloOf from riots. The time is not vet
ripe for success. To strike this year
wOull be to uselessly slaughter our
best people and put back the cause a
hundred years. No, at present we
must be wise as serpents, but harmless
as doves. We must speak much and
act not at all. When the working peo-
pie are hungry their brains weaken.
One year of panic means the trebIing
OF our forces, At the very least. And
while, with our present 100000 social
lists, forcible action is impossible. with
100000 we will hold the game i'm our
own hands" The article SAYS that
they expect TO have in the United
states in 1889, at least 100000 earnest
socialists.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-04

y deplOrable state OF affairsIs report
ed near Austin, Texas, consequent on
the prolonged drought. A dispatch
from there dated April 18th, SAYS that n
ride in the country showed that il is lit
orally burned up. Corn, which should
be ready to silk, is about three inches
high, decidedly scattered, and diving.
No cotton was seen, it not having come
up. Fruit trees looked as if scorched by
fire, and grass is absolutely dead. With
water tor household and stock purpos-
es scarce, many farmers are hauling
drinking water for miles, and many of
them are on the verge of great suffer
ing for the necessities of life. They ex-
pended their supplies getting IN their
crops, expecting rains as heretofore,
good grass aud fat cattle to sell, but all
is changed. Cattle are poor and dying,
aud there is no sale. Even for year
hngs and 2-year-olds in living cOndi-
ton only 80 and "a are offered, and il
is apparent that relief will have to be
provided for many Of the poor living in
the rural districts.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-04

Gen. Grants memoirs had wonder
ful sale, and a vast amount OF material
and labor was used in making tie
books. In binding the cloth books
there were 1880 square yards of cloth
used, or, If put in one piece, it would
make strip yard wide aud 25 I-5
miles long. The gold used in stamping
lettering etc, on all styles of binding.
II coined would make Sl5.446.47. The
price paid the gold beaters for this gold
was S2l $3.50. There was 276 barrels
OK binder past, used, weighing about
$1,000 pounds. There were q, SS2 sheep
skins used, T.22l goat skins and 1873
calf skins. AS none Of these skins
were split, it represents, of course, the
killing of an equal number Of animals.
There was about 302, $40 realms Of pa
per used in the printing, which
weighed about ,Sl3, $50 pounds, or 9OG4
tons. This put INTO one piece would
make a strip two feet wide, and .6s2s
miles long. If the books were piled up,
IN one row, the narrOwest way, that is
the same as they would stand in a book
case, II would take n shelf l0i miles
long to hold them. If the pages of the
books were joined together. it would
make a strip Of paper six inches wide,
AMI 6,720i miles long. Forty-one steam
presses were working day and night,
over LOCO operatives were employed
aud over 1000 agents engaged in dis
tributing the books. To these latter,
who were mainly old soldiers and the
widows OF soldiers, was paid in com
missions for the selling of the book
considerably more than $1,000, coo in
cash.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-04

Senator Vest: 1T is true that there
may be influences brought to bear tina:
will create desire on Mr.. Cleveland s
part for second term. l refer TO the
possible ambition of his wife to remain
another four years as the first lady of
the land. She is young and beautiful,
and if she is in the least like Mrs.
Adams, and several other wives of
presidents, there eau hardly be doubt
that she will bring her husband around
to her way of thinking"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-04

The report that Mr.. Cleveland would
not be candidate for denomination is
now denied by his most intimate
friends. The report grew out of a sup
portable chat at Chamberlin's restaur-
ant between Senator Vest and some of
his friends, in which Mr.. Vest gave
partly his own and partly the presi-
dents views of things. Mr.. Vest was
undoubtedly impressed with the belief
after conversation with the president,
that MIR. Cleveland would not be a can
didate for second term, but in later
interview Mr.. Vest confesses that he
doesn't know whether Mr.. Cleveland
would accept a denomination or not.
which leaves the matter an open ques-
ton, as 1t WAS in the beginning.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-04

An analysis of boom, by the New
ton Republican: Blooms never strike
sleeping town. They never slip into
towns like thief in the night to sur
prise and Gespoil them. They never
drop down out of the sky like rain,
all ready to be utilized AS rule, a
boom is nothing more nor less than a
tremendous revival of business, which
invariably succeeds the persistent eff
forts of energetic rustlers. who get UP
early in the morning, who plan wisely
and comprehensively, and who utilize
the resources and advantages of the
town they live i'm
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-04

a st. Louis grand jury in the United
States courts has found indictments
against dozen or more prominent
politicians in that city, charging them
with election frauds. Those indicated
are democrats; majority of the
grand jurymen are democrats, and the
district attorney who is working up
the cases is democrat. We are not
particularly proud of these facts, but
they show that the democrats are pay
ing heed to the injunction to ''let no
guilty man escape" 1t was the excep-
ton, under republican rule, when a
guilty man did not escape.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-04

The Psola Gas company furnish the
gas for Paola and run It seven miles in
to the town. They have the whole
town lighted with IL and now furnish
200 stoves in the city with fuel, besides
furnishing the great McLochlin roller
mills with fuel, which is furnished with
six small halt-inch Jets. The capacity
of this mills 100 barrels OF -four per
day. and is run with the same amount
of gas that will run six ordinary heat
ing stoves. This seems To be one of
the most wonderful achievements made
with natural gas west Of the MissIs-
sippi river.